Ok the MLS is rarely a topic for my discussion...other than making fun of Landycakes or the idiotic comments coming from Alexi Lalas' pie hole. However I was reading a piece about the Vancouver would get a new MLS team, which is really the A-League team making the jump to the MLS. Now certain A - League teams like the Whitecaps and Rhinos have a decent following made me think about what the MLS would look like if they adopted a relegation style system. Also, based on the A-League teams success in open cup competitions no reason to believe they could not compete in the MLS. What would this bring? First it would put the MLS into a similar format as almost every other major footie league in the world. Second, I think it would add a level of interest deeper into the season. While I would also like to get rid of the playoff system (that should be a cup competition) and place emphasis on winning the championship as they do in other leagues, I realize that might be pushing it too far for the American fan. However, relegation battles would give teams at the bottom of the ladder and their fans some games of interest at the end of season. And make all games relevant. Let us say DC United is battling for a play off spot and has a late season game against the Galaxy who are already out of the playoffs, today the Galaxy are just playing out the string. With relegation, the Galaxy would be battling for position and maintenance just as hard as DC United would be battling for a play off spot.
Come on MLS do the right thing and make this more of a true footie league other than a bastardized NHL/NFL/MLB/NBA format.
No comments:
Post a Comment